You can thank me later. LOL
A belt hole punch. 
This little device will save you a fortune on the keto diet!
allan
(Allan L)
#1
rustyk61
(*Rusty* Instagram: @Rustyk61)
#2
LMAOā¦wasnāt sure what I was gonna see when I opened this thread. Bravo!
brownfat
(Todd Allen)
#3
I didnāt have a punch so I clamped my belts between thin pieces of wood and then used a drill to make more holes. And recently trimmed them shorter with heavy duty shears confident that I wonāt be needing the old holes again.
Nebulous
#4
Heh, I need a new belt. I have to wrap mine all the around me twice now. Itās ridiculous 
allan
(Allan L)
#5
I just used a sharp blade to do the same.
Just purchased a punch on amazon today, Ā£5 to bring a load of belts back to life. Thought Iād post the pic on here for a little chuckle.
brownfat
(Todd Allen)
#6
The punch is definitely a better solution. The holes I made by drilling are fuzzy, but Iām cheap and didnāt care enough to do it right.
Bellyman
(Brian)
#7
Got one of the non-metal ones with a plastic buckle arrangement, feels like a heavy nylon or something similar. It doesnāt use any holes to hold it in place so can pretty much be any length between itās maximum and about 10" or so. I got it because I was working at an Amazon warehouse and we had to go through the metal detectors several times a day, thought it would make life easier. And it did. Figured the plastic buckle would bust in short order but itās been like 5 or 6 years now and itās still doing fine. Iāve gone from just a short end coming out of the buckle to it just about reaching the next belt loop around.
I had a regular dress belt that I wore a couple of times, one being my momās funeral in April. The last time I looked at it a few weeks ago, there were no holes where I would have needed it so it got hung back up on the rack.
I doubt Iāll ever lose enough weight for me to be able to wrap the thing around twice but itās an interesting thing to daydream about. 
cwstnsko
(Chris W)
#9
My ātrophyā belt is one that I bought for myself when I lost some weight doing low-carb in about 2004. It was a 42 or 44" belt that just barely fit me when I got it. I told myself I would shrink into it. I wore it for about a year before a bout of kidney stones, a urologist who blamed low-carb and a cruise vacation where I decided that āI could take a few days off my diet, whatās the worst that could happen?ā
The worst did happen, and the belt no longer fit for a few years. My weight drifted up and down a bit for several years. Sometimes the belt fit, sometimes it did not. In 2016 when I got serious about Keto it did fit, but it became too big in the 1st couple months. After a few more months, it occurred to me that I was enough smaller that I could cut off all the holes on the belt and start making new holes about 5" from the end.
This belt now has 2 holes and will hopefully get a 3rd hole soon. Itās a great visual aid to share with people when they ask about my transformation and my diet.
ChristoJaggs
(Chris)
#10
You can also change up your belt typeā¦Mission belts are my go to (https://missionbelt.com/). You can get them on Amazon too. They are a little pricier, but they are really good quality and they have a ton of options (colors/materials).
allan
(Allan L)
#11
I like the concept but also keen to see the changes in body size with the holes.
Stef
#13
One piece of advice I got that I thought Iād repeat here, donāt add holes, once you run out of holes, unpick the buckle end, chop that end by the distance from last hole to first hole and sew back up. I used a tiny drill on the dremel, but the leather guy at the mall should do it for next to nothing.
azshari
(Sharon)
#14
I bought an Elastic Womens belt on Amazon for $14 it is great, donāt have to put elastic in my pants and no bulky belt buckle, just a flat thin buckle. They make em for you fellas too
Bellyman
(Brian)
#15
I had to go look. This is closer to the one I have:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B073VGR923/ref=twister_B06XPX3ZHV
Like I said, I figured the plastic belt buckle would be history inside of a very short time window so I bought two of them. That was like 6+ years ago and I have yet to open the second one. I may, at some point, be looking for a way to shorten them. Their being nylon, Iām not 100% sure how I could make a cut off end less sharp to deal with.
anon57748262
#18
Yep. I punched several holes and blew past them all. Finally fit into a belt that I bought cuz I liked it (but could never wear it) and threw the old one away. Man that felt good!